Supervisors postpone vote on Muni un-Reform measure
The Board of Supervisors postponed until next week a vote on the controversial proposed charter amendment we wrote about yesterday. Board of Supervisors president David Chiu said me might be willing to put off the amendment until next year, depending on the outcome of discussions with Mayor Newsom’s office about Muni service. Postponing the amendment (or forgetting about it entirely) would be a positive development for Muni riders.
The law allows supervisors to place only one more charter amendment on the November 2010 ballot between now and Friday, July 30th. Let’s hope it isn’t this one.
We urge Muni riders to call their supervisors between now and next Tuesday’s meeting and urge them to shelve the SFMTA amendment indefinitely. All of their phone numbers and e-mail addresses are here. The SFMTA isn’t perfect, but we believe strongly this measure would move the agency and Muni service in exactly the wrong direction.
Update: Greg Dewar of N Judah Chronicles has a thoughtful commentary on this issue.
from the examiner report today, it sounds more and more like it’s not going to happen.
even if it did make in on the ballot at the end of the wee that leaves just a few months to organized, raise money and implement a campaign plan and print mail , do online ads, cable ads or whatever and convince people this confusing thing would be helpful. Anyone wanna bet on how that’s going to turn out?
That’s what it looks like, which would be good news if it is the case. (I added a link to your blog item above also)
The BOS has yet to reject a Mayoral appointee. How will choosing them demonstrate growing a backbone. This is just a distraction while no substantive reforms occur.